Combined clothes-rack



Patented Sept 27; I898.

' E. C. GRUTPETER. GOMBENED CLOTHES RACK, IRONING BOA-RD SUPPORT, ANDRECEPTACLE.

1 (Application filed Jamal, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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ERNEST O. GBOTPETER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COMBINED CLOTHES-RACK, lRONlNG-BOARD SUPPORT, AND RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,476, datedSeptember 27, 1898". Application filed January 31,1898. Serial No.668,567. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST O. GROTPETER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, inthe State of Missouri, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in a CombinedClothes-Rack, Ironing- Board Support, and Receptacle, of which the,

following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a combined article adapted for use to suspendclothes to be dried and to serve as an ironing-board support and areceptacle into which the clothes being ironed may fall and be protectedfrom becoming soiled, as is the case where no receptacle is used toreceive them while being ironed, and unless caught they fall intocontact with the floor.

The device is so arranged as to be compactly folded for storage orsetting aside, and

when folded is also capable of employment as a clothes-rack.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is a top plan View of my improved device. Fig. II is an endView and illustrates in dotted lines the positions into which the partsmove in theinitial act of folding the device. Fig. III is a front viewof the device in folded position. Fig. IV is an end view of the devicefolded. J

1 designates the feetof the device, which are surmounted by standards 2,bearing longitudinal slats 3.

4 designates lower cross-bars, and 5 upper cross-bars, both of which arepivotally connected at points indicated by 6 to the standards 2.

'7 designates front uprights pivotally connected at point 8 to thecross-bars 4 and 5 and bearing longitudinal slats 9. Secured to thelower cross-bars 4 are a series of slats 10.

At each end of the device the space between the bars 4 and 5 is occupiedby cords 11, that close said ends, and thus the interior space of thedevice between the slats 3 and 9 and the bottom slats 10 and between theends thereof forms a receptacle into which the clothes may fall whileironing them, and the upper cross-bars 5 provide a rest for theironing-board 12.

13 designates rack-bars pivoted at 14 to the lower ends ofthe frontuprights '7, and the upper free ends of the bars 13 receive and areconnected by a cross-bar 15. This crossbar 15 is adapted for thereception of clothes which may be hung thereon to dry or for convenienceduring the period of ironing may be placed thereon while other articlesare being ironed.

WVhen the device is in use as an ironingb'oard support, the bars 13 arethrown into the position illustrated in Figs. I and II and rest uponstops 16, attached to the standards 2. These stops, as shown, are in theform of blocks and are adapted to be engaged by notches inthe bars 13;but itis evident that other forms of stops might be used, as a pin orstud would answer the purpose.

17 designates pins adapted to be inserted through openings 18 in thebars 13 and through openings 19. These pins are preferably connected tothe bars 13 by cords 20,

that serve as retainers for the pins whenwithdrawn. It is evident,however, that other forms of fasteners may be employed such, forinstance, as any suitable catch.

When the device is folded, the bars 13 are moved upwardly, as indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. II, until they reach the position shown in Fig.IV, when the pins 17 are inserted in other openings in the bars 13 andin the front uprights in a similar manner to that described when thedevice is unfolded. 21 designates hooks secured in the standards 2,within which the ironing-board 12 may be slipped when the device isfolded and rests upon the feet 1, thereby placing it in a convenientposition and compactly against the folded device.

I claim as my invention- In an article of the character described, thecombination of standards, slats on said standards, uprights, slats onsaid uprights, crossbars, pivotally connecting said standards anduprights, slats on the lower cross-bars, bars pivoted to said uprightsand a bar connectin g the outer ends of said last-mentioned bars;substantially as described.

E. S. KNIGHT, N. V. ALEXANDER.

